I look at my watch. 5:00. The disco is starting at 6:00 and none of us have even started to get ready. I open my closet and stare at it. I don't think I have anything special to wear where as I can hear Jasmine from her room shouting.
"What am I going to wear? Should I wear this? Or this? Help me guys!" She's wailing. I pull my suitcase from under my bed to see if I missed anything when unpacking. Digging deep down I can see something blue and silky. Pulling out all the towels I reveal a short blue silk dress.
"I don't remember buying this." I think.
I look at the label.
"Love Mum xx" It reads. I smile and lay it on my bed. I pull out my blue heels from my closet and lay them next to my dress. I grab my hairbrush and start to style my hair. I twist it into a simple bun and put some flower clips around the bun. I slip into my dress and shoes and spray some perfume onto me. I close my bedroom door behind me and everyone else has finished getting ready.
"Wow, Stef. You look stunning!" Delilah compliments. I blush.
"Thanks, you too." I reply and Delilah blushes as well. We leave and make our way to the hall. As we're walking Maisy's door opens with her and her gang behind her. They're all wearing the same thing but in a different colour.
"How creative." Ruby says sarcastically.
"Still looking better than you lot." Robyn remarks.
"Of course you do." I say and push past Robyn. We walk through the entrance to hall to find a stunning set up. Everything looks perfect. We find seats and sit down and snack. We're laughing when Maisy decides to come over to us, not with her gang.
"That girl has nothing better to do, does she?" Ruby moans.
"Hey losers, guess what I'm doing on Friday?" Maisy says. Nobody replies and we all look at her bored.
"I'm going out on a date with the gorgeous Mark." She says trying to boast.
"Well Stefani's going on a date as well." Delilah says.
"With who?" Maisy laughs.
"His name is Joey." I say shortly.
"He's a prince you know." Mandy chimes in. What is she doing? I give her a look.
"Prince of Matr, you know." Mandy explains to Maisy. Maisy stands there with her mouth open in shock.
"Well I don't believe you." Maisy says.
"He's picking her up on Saturday night at half 6 so you can see him then." Anastasia says. Maisy just walks off in a strop and we all laugh.
"Let's go on the dance floor, it's empty!" Jasmine says and we get up and make our way to the dance floor and begin to dance. Ruby and I dance together and I notice other people begin to get up and start dancing as well. I glance over to Jasmine. She's a really good dancer. Suddenly nearly all the seats are empty and the dance floor is nearly full. The only people still sitting down are Maisy and her lot. Beside me I can hear 2 people talking.
"Do you see how ridiculous Maisy's dorm looks?" Says one of them.
"I know, they're meant to be the popular girls who wear the best clothes." Says the other sarcastically. After about an hour of dancing I say to Ruby:
"Should we get a drink?"
"Yeah, I'm getting tired now." As we walk off we see others who are probably getting tired as well walk off too. Maisy's group gets up and make their way towards to dance floor but nearly everyone had gone. I can see others around me sniggering and pointing towards them. As I sip my drink I can see they're feeling a bit stupid but continue to dance.
"That was really fun! How much time have we got left?" Jasmine asks.
"About half an hour." I reply.
"Aw really?" She says sadly. We spend the rest of the time sitting around eating and drinking soft drinks. All of a sudden the lights come back on and all the decorations disappear.
"Ladies! I hope you've enjoyed the disco but please make your way back to your dorms!" Says the over voice and everyone gets up to leave. As we enter our dorm Mandy crashes onto the sofa.
"That was tiring!" She says muffled with her head in a pillow.
"I know! And the whole Maisy thing was hilarious!" Anastasia says.
"Did you hear the other people making remarks about what they were wearing?" Ruby asks.
"No! She totally deserves it though." Delilah replies and we all laugh.
"I'm gonna get into my PJ's." I announce and walk off. I hear a chorus of 'me too' behind me. I change into my purple pajamas and fluffy slippers and go back to the sofa.
"So Mandy, did you know the guy Maisy was going to go out with?" I ask.
"Nope." She shakes her head.
"I know him." Ruby replies. "He's a total numpty." We laugh.
"How do you know him?" Jasmine asks.
"We're neighbors." She says dully.
"Unlucky!" My phone vibrates and I unlock it to read another message from Joey.
"Hey Matt wants to know if Ruby wants to go out too. We can double date."
"How about Matt texts Ruby instead of me asking?"
That annoys me. Matt should ask not me. I'm not the one she's going to go out with. Not even Matt texted me, he got Joey to do it. Ruby's phone vibrates.
"That was quick." I say thinking aloud.
"What was quick?" Ruby asks looking at me suspiciously.
"Just read the text, and out loud okay?" She nods slowly.
""Hey Rubs, I was wondering do you want to –"" She stops and her face goes really pale.
"Rubs, you okay? You're looking really pale." Anastasia says looking worried.
""- want to go out with Stefani and Joey and me on Saturday as well?"" She finishes; everyone looks surprised apart from me. Suddenly she gets angry with me. "Stefani, did you set this up? Is that why you knew? Are you doing this to tease me because it's not very funny! Stop smiling!"
"Calm down," I say softly. "Joey texted me saying Matt wanted me to ask you but I told him to ask you himself." I show them my phone and Ruby relaxes.
"Okay. I'm sorry." She says quietly.
"So what are you going to say? I mean because you said you wouldn't even think twice about going out with him! Or have you changed your mind? Or were you lying?" Anastasia says. Everyone looks at her with confusion.
"I – I'll… Say yes." Ruby stutters and Anastasia claps her hands together.
"Aw this is so sweet." She says dreamily. Ruby texts him back and looks up and smiles. I feel happy for her. I knew she liked him; she was just being really defensive. Ruby, this though girl, falling for a boy? She wasn't going to let that ruin her reputation.
END OF CHAPTER 4